Shakespeare on the Couch: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’

A single session on campus on Saturday 7 November, 10am - 4pm.

Overview

Considered one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem’ plays, it nonetheless is classed as a comedy in the 1623 Folio. There is a count, a countess, a lowly gentlewoman, games with rings, a clown, a feigned death and a bed-trick; yet underneath all the jollities is a serious examination of marriage, class, women’s desires, friendship and disloyalty, and the ‘price’ of virginity.

Course lecturer

Dr Kathleen O’Leary has taught on Continuing Education courses for almost nine years and in that time has offered courses on European literature, Jane Austen, poetry and Shakespeare. Her work focusses on the impact that early modern/medieval writers had on not only the development of the English language, but also on how character, irony and form influenced later writers, and indeed our modern perceptions of literature.

David Rice has a BA (Hons) in psychology, and an MA in Cultural Studies, and has taught psychology at further and higher education levels for forty years. Retired from full time education, he has been teaching part-time at Continuing Education, University of Liverpool for nearly 10 years.

Course fee

• Standard fee: £60